The healthcare and academic sectors are beginning to make use of the Metaverse industry for research and development purposes. For instance, the city of Toda in Japan is currently working to solve the issues that are plaguing the educational system. In the last year, a charitable organization developed the absenteeism-fighting gadget known as the Metaverse that was used by the students.

The major objective of the application was to provide young people with the opportunity to explore a simulated setting. At the very least, this will be what the local authorities want from it, since they still want to move forward with a motion that would encompass both time spent in school and time spent attending virtual classes. However, the implementation is contingent on the association of principals giving their blessing to the plan.

A fifth grader who was reaching out to other kids indicated that it is more simpler to communicate with other students, have conversations with them, and form relationships with them online than it is in the real world. According to the figures, absenteeism in schools is becoming an increasingly significant problem in Japan's education system.

A poll conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Education recently found that 244,940 children would be absent from school for a period of 30 days or more beginning in 2021. However, there are some concerned authorities who believe that the significant absenteeism could be linked to the recent COVID-19 outbreak and how it disrupted the relationships that children had with their family and friends.

The living conditions that have been produced by COVID-19 laws and regulations are a likely reason for the record number of student suicides that are expected to occur in the year 2020, according to the Japanese media.

The Online World And the Educational Industry

The use of the Metaverse as a teaching tool has been taken up by a number of educational companies from a variety of locations. For instance, in July, the University of Tokyo made an announcement that it would start offering a variety of engineering courses in the Metaverse during the current academic year.

Additionally, the University of Nanjing in China is getting ready to launch what will be regarded as the nation's very first major devoted to the study of the metaverse. It will guide workers as well as enable them to participate in jobs relating to the metaverse. The previous month saw the revelation that up to ten educational institutions in the United States of America were already in the process of constructing their own virtual world schools with the assistance of Meta.

The new building is an element of Meta's immersive learning project, which has a budget of $150 million. In addition, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology said in July 2022 that it is in the process of constructing a Metaverse school to serve the educational needs of students who are unable to attend traditional classrooms.